Star USB Vendor Class Driver Installation Manual · Star USB Vendor Class Driver Introduction This manual describes how to install the Star USB Vendor Class Driver. The Star USB Vendor

Star USB Vendor Class Driver Installation Manual

Rev. 1.1

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Copyright © 2010-2013 Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................1

1. Installing ( Windows 8 ) ......................................................................................2

2. Installing ( Windows 7 ) ......................................................................................4

3. Installing (Windows Vista) .................................................................................6

4. Installing (Windows XP ) ..................................................................................10

5. Revision History ................................................................................................13

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Star USB Vendor Class Driver

Introduction

This manual describes how to install the Star USB Vendor Class Driver.

The Star USB Vendor Class Driver can be used for Star USB models in OPOS, JavaPOS, and OCX environments.

To update or change a Star USB Vendor Class Driver that has already been installed, refer to the "USB Vendor Class Update Manual" (usb-vendorclass-update_sm_en.pdf) provided separately.

Compatible OS : Windows XP 32bit Windows Vista 32bit / 64bit WIndows 7 32bit / 64bit WIndows 8 32bit / 64bit ( except Windows RT )

The installation steps vary according to the operating system. Therefore, refer to the section for the environment that you are using.

The downloaded printer driver is compressed. Please decompress the printer driver and save it to a desired location(*), such as your hard disk, before installation.

*) If the desired location on the hard disk is drive N, the path of the .inf file after decompression will be as follows.

Example : N:\USBVendorClassDriver_2K-XP-Vista-7_yyyymmdd\USBVendorClassDriver

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1. Installing ( Windows 8 )

When using the Star USB Vendor Class Driver for the HSP7000, set DIP switch 1-5 to ON. For Star Printers other than the HSP7000, set DIP switch 1-5 to OFF. For details on setting the DIP switches, refer to the "Hardware Manual" provided separately.

For Visual Card-Reader/Writers, the DIP switch settings are unnecessary.

1. Click [ All Apps ] which is appeared when you right-click at out of panel. Right-click [ Command Prompt ], and select [ Run as administrator ].

2. When the User Account Control dialog box appears, click [Continue ]. The command prompt starts.

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Command Exection

3. Specify the location of the extracted "SMJUSBCOM.INF" file and execute the following command.

4. Connect the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer to the computer with a USB cable, and turn on the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer with the power switch. The computer detects the new hardware and installs the USB Vendor Class Driver with Plug and Play. Close the command prompt .

5. From the [All apps]-[Control Panel], select [ Device Manager ] and confirm that SMJ USB Device (Com*) appears under Ports (Com & LPT) . If it does, installation has completed successfully.

The installation is completed of the above.

Work Completion

Microsoft Windows [ Version 6.2.9200 ](c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32> pnputil -a N:\USBVendorClassDriver_2K-XP-Vista-7_yymmdd\USBVendorClass Driver\SMJUSBCOM.INFMicrosoft PnP Utility

Processing inf : SMJUSBCOM.infDriver package added successfully.Published name : oem1.inf

Total attempted : 1Number successfully imported : 1

C:\Windows\system32>

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2. Installing ( Windows 7 )



1. From the Start menu in Windows, select [ All Programs ] - [ Accessories ], right-click [ Command Prompt ], and select [ Run as administrator ].

2. When the User Account Control dialog box appears, click [Continue ]. The command prompt starts.

Command Exection

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3. Specify the location of the extracted "SMJUSBCOM.INF" file and execute the following command.

4. Connect the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer to the computer with a USB cable, and turn on the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer with the power switch. The computer detects the new hardware and installs the USB Vendor Class Driver with Plug and Play.

5. When installation is completed successfully, the following indication will appear in the task bar (at the bottom right of the screen). Close the command prompt .

6. From the property of My Computer, select [ Device Manager ] and confirm that SMJ USB Device (Com*) appears under Ports (Com & LPT) . If it does, installation has completed successfully.


Microsoft Windows [ Version 6.1.7600 ]Copyright(c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32> pnputil -a N:\USBVendorClassDriver_2K-XP-Vista-7_yymmdd\USBVendorClass Driver/SMJUSBCOM.INFMicrosoft PnP Utility

Processing inf : SMJUSBCOM.infDriver package added successfully.Published name : oem1.inf

Total attempted : 1Number successfully imported : 1

C:\Windows\system32> Work Completion

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3. Installing (Windows Vista)



1. Connect the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer to the computer with a USB cable, and turn on the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer with the power switch. The Plug and Play feature detects the connection of new hardware and automatically starts installing the USB Vendor Class Driver .

2. If the following window appears, click Locate and install driver software (recommended) .

3. In the User Account Control dialog box, click the Continue.

4. If the following window appears, click Don't search online.

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5. Click I don't have the disc. Show me other options.

6. Click Browse my computer for driver software (advanced).

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7. Click Browse, specify the location of the extracted "SMJUSBCOM.INF" file, and click Next.

Software installation is now completed.

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8. Click Finish, close the wizard.



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4. Installing (Windows XP )



1. Connect the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer to the computer with a USB cable, and turn on the Star Printer or Visual Card-Reader/Writer with the power switch. The Plug and Play feature detects the connection of new hardware and automatically starts installing the USB Vendor Class Driver .

2. Click No, not this time, and click Next.

3. Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and click Next.

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4. Click Browse, specify the location of the extracted "SMJUSBCOM.INF" file, and click Next.

5. Software installation is now completed. Click Finish, close the wizard.

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5. Revision History

Rev. No. Date Content

Rev. 1.0 Oct. 2010 New release

Rev. 1.1 Jul. 2013 Added Windows 8 support

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